As we know Stephen Harper has tried to make the niqab controversy the centrepiece of his campaign, as instructed by his brutish Aussie flying monkey Lynton Crosby.And while most sane people might find that disgusting.As Rick Mercer points out, for some it is a handy distraction.Read more »
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Montreal Simon: The French Debate and the Bigot Game of Stephen Harper
If you missed last night's French-language debate you can relax because you didn't miss much.The debate had its lively moments, but there were no knock out punches, and I very much doubt that it will move many votes in Quebec or in the rest of Canada.Tom Mulcair survived the combined assault
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the New Racist Canada
The snow is finally melting on the waterfront. If I close my eyes and feel the warm sun on my face, I can almost dream that Spring is here at last.Which is a good thing, because there isn't much else to celebrate in Canada these days.Not when the country is
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the Great War on Women
There are so many things I hate about what Stephen Harper is doing to Canada. I hate the way he is trying to scare Canadians into voting for him.I hate the way he is trying to turn us into a police state with his totalitarian Bill-C51.Or the way he is murdering
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Could Stephen Harper’s Bigotry Cost the Cons the Next Election?
You should have seen Stephen Harper in Question Period yesterday, for there couldn't have been a more scary spectacle.He looked like hell, bagged beyond belief. He looked angry and desperate. Angry at Justin Trudeau for accusing him of fanning the flames of bigotry with his Great War on the Niqab.And sounded like an
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